Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is Executive Editor of The Lion. A Kansas City native, he’s been an award-winning reporter, editor and opinion writer at newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas.

Courts
Here’s the key to preserving free speech, according to the man who filed the ‘most important’ such case in US history

The Missouri-launched “most important free speech case in the history of our country” was just argued in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. But even with a victory in the… Read More

March 26, 2024
Culture
‘All of us are in danger’: Sen. Josh Hawley warns no family, no community in Missouri is protected from illegal immigrant crime

While other municipalities around the country were declaring themselves sanctuary cities to protect illegal immigrants from federal authorities, the O’Fallon, Missouri city council voted unanimously in 2011 to become a “Rule… Read More

March 25, 2024
Public Education
Springfield Board of Education candidates seek to address violence, academics, indoctrination in schools

A grassroots group fighting to get Springfield Public Schools back on track academically and ideologically has endorsed a slate of candidates it has confidence will help do that. “Back on… Read More

March 25, 2024
Courts
Landmark Missouri v. Biden case at Supreme Court Monday, exposing ‘disgusting underbelly’ of government censorship, Sen. Schmitt says

Missouri’s lawsuit fighting censorship of conservatives on social media has revealed the “disgusting underbelly” of the Biden administration’s “vast censorship enterprise,” says U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt – who filed the… Read More

March 18, 2024
Legislation
Kansas ban on minor sex change treatments, surgeries, advances to likely final approval Thursday

The Kansas Legislature is expected to vote Thursday to join 22 other states in banning sex change surgeries and treatments on minors. The House Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Senate’s Help… Read More

March 13, 2024