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St. Paul, Minn. (AP)

Senate bonding panel visits southwestern Minn.

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A state Senate committee embarks Tuesday on a three-day tour of potential public works projects across southwestern Minnesota.

Senators will visit community colleges, a state prison, trails, schools and other projects vying for dollars from next year's bonding bill.

Senate Capital Investment Committee Chairman Keith Langseth says the visits help the panel decide which projects make the cut. The trip includes stops in Bloomington, St. Peter, Mankato, Worthington, Luverne, Marshall, Granite Falls, Montevideo and Willmar.

Requests for state-backed borrowing are expected to reach $3 billion before the legislative session begins in February. The 2008 bonding bill totaled $717 million after Gov. Tim Pawlenty's line-item vetoes stripped some projects.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)