The cooling system at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center was the original one from 1989, running on a refrigerant that isn’t manufactured anymore. St. Cloud State had been asking the state to replace it for more than six years. In June 2025 we delivered $12.8 million, and when construction began the university thanked the legislators who worked on it. The building reopens this fall.

No student should have to choose between eating and finishing a degree. I also helped fund the Husky Food Pantry at St. Cloud State through the Hunger Free Campus Act.

No student should have to choose between eating and finishing a degree.