Senior Policy Associate at Duke’s Nicholas Institute Ashley Ward spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Thursday, June 1st. She discussed a new public schools assessment that outlines the lack of air conditioning in public schools across the country. She discussed the negative learning and public health implications of the data. She also talked about how the federal budget and debt ceiling debate will affect programs aimed at mitigating the effects extreme heat.

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Director of the Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke's Nicholas Institute Ashely Ward spoke with 97.9 The Hill's Andrew Stuckey on Thursday, October 19. She discussed recent briefing with lawmakers in Raleigh. She also discussed the policy implications of a farmworker's heat related death in North Carolina last month. She also previewed some of her upcoming activities and more.
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