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Dec 17, 20254 min read

'We're not out of touch,' say Pitt County's Statehouse trio

Jordan Britton , Miles Pugh  | GNP contributors There’s a general sense across the country that elected officials are out of touch. But Pitt County’s trio of state lawmakers say that’s not them. Nationally, a 2024 Pew Research Center study revealed that 85% of Americans believed elected officials don’t care about what they think. Locally, though, that’s not the case. At least according to local politicians. “Our job is to try to be available and go to as many community meetin

 
 
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Dec 17, 20256 min read

Immigration debate is uneasy clash of fact, opinion

Mya Alderman , Madison McKenna , Miles Cali , Lilly Smiley , Nick Green  | GNP contributors For Pitt County, the hurricane of immigration crackdowns hasn’t made landfall … at least not that’s publicly known. When ICE swept into Charlotte on Nov. 15 and then moved into Raleigh, social media accounts blew up among Greenville citizens with alleged sightings of ICE agents across the city. None of the sightings were officially verified. ICE didn’t respond to the Greenville New Pro

 
 
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Dec 17, 20258 min read

Know your constituents? Hard to know with federal politicians

Jordan Adams , Tristan Campbell  | GNP contributors It’s often said that what you say shows who you are. That can be especially revealing for elected politicians who voters trust to look after their interests. Surveys show that people often feel like they can’t trust politicians. That raises the question of whether the people Pitt County elects to the federal government show trust by being in touch with the issues and concerns of their constituents. The Greenville News Projec

 
 
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Dec 17, 20255 min read

Most SGAs don't do well at keeping in touch with students

Elizabeth Wright , Danielle Baugh | GNP contributors When college students are your constituents, the internet, and especially social media, should be the most effective way to keep in touch with them. But university student governments across the country are struggling to do so. In fact, for their overall performance, they earn an F from the American Student Government Association. For the way they govern, a D-. Staying in touch with them, knowing and responding to their is

 
 
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Dec 16, 20254 min read

Why so much hate? Social media gets the blame

Andrew Mejia , Devon Jones , Giuliana Barberio , Isaiah Thompson  | GNP contributors It seems Americans hate more than they ever have. There's the intense partisan divide. There’s a deepening distrust of social institutions. There’s social media as fuel for the fire. “Yes,” said Allie Jackson when asked if hate in America has increased. The ECU MBA student blames the political divide. The Greenville News Project spent the past four months looking for the reasons behind the ha

 
 
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Dec 16, 20255 min read

'We're not out of touch,' say Greenville council members

Andi Creech , Mallory Sheldon , Natalie Davis , Logan Harlow  | GNP contributors Whether politicians are in touch with their constituents is a question without a simple answer. First, there’s the question of what “in touch” means. Dictionaries define it as communicating with people or keeping up to date on friends, issues, trends, styles and anything else. The Greenville News Project spent the past few months looking into how members of the Greenville City Council define bein

 
 
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Dec 16, 20255 min read

Using AI for class is cheating only if professor says so

Adam Gottlieb , Benjamin Barnes III , Caleb Johnson , Dakota Hamm | GNP contributors   It’s been three years since ChatGPT changed the world, and universities are struggling to keep up. One of the biggest concerns for teachers is how students are using Artificial Intelligence for coursework. ECU and other universities are leaving that up to professors. That can create a confusing policy climate for students like ECU sophomore Georgia Wann. “I actually don’t really know about

 
 
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