More Minnesota blogs -- and back issues of the PIM Weekly Report posted - for free!

We ran a little bit behind in posting back issues of the PIM Weekly Report to PoliticsInMinnesota.com. Issues 10 and 11 of Volume 3 were produced by the DFL-oriented PIM staff while Publisher Sarah Janecek was on a vacation to Egypt and Jordan, so they've got a much more DFL-friendly perspective than usual. Here's what we've just posted:

The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 8 - 8/17/07
In this issue: DFL U.S. Senate Contest; Leeches or worms? Capri Pants or a Suit? Special Session Slowdown; Fox News Caught Altering Franken Wikipedia Entries Anonymously; Minnesota Democrat Abroad; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch; Setting the Record Straight.

The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 9 - 8/23/07
In this issue: PIM Publishing Schedule; PIM @ MNSpeak.com; Olson Leaving Ethics Behind; House GOP Caucus Presidential Poll; Kitty Gamble, Remembered Again; AFSCME Gets a Big Win; 2008 Republican National Convention Update; Gerlach Direct; Fifty Years of Crime and Justice; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch.

The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 10 - 8/30/07
In this issue: Janecek's in the Mideast & The Inmates are Running the Asylum; Negative Identities: Senators Craig, Wellstone, Homophobia And Easy Messages; Phillips Incinerator Burning Down; Lively Green and the War on Drugs: Who Patrols the Border Patrol?; Bridge Charity Work; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch.

We also added a few new blog this week to out Blog Directory.

• Tonka Focus reports on the state of the Minnetonka school system and is filed under our Institutional/Think Tank section.
• MinnesotaCentral, which focuses on Minnesota's 1st District in under the "critical centrist" or Independent banner.
• Lake Minnetonka Liberty, a conservative blog from the Metro's western suburbs, now placed in our conservative section.

Please send in your political blogs (and what you deem the orientation to be) to our staff via our Tips page or at staff@politicsinminnesota.com.