The 104-member House Democratic Caucus elected its slate of leaders for the 2009-10 Legislative Session. They are (seated from left to right) Majority Leader Todd Eachus, 116th District, Luzerne; Speaker-Designee Keith McCall, 122nd District, Carbon; Appropriations Committee Chairman Dwight Evans, 203rd District, Philadelphia; (standing from left to right) Caucus Chairman Mark Cohen, 202nd District, Philadelphia; Caucus Secretary Jennifer Mann, 132nd District, Lehigh; Caucus Administrator Ron Buxton, 103rd District, Dauphin; Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla¸ 96th District, Lancaster; and Whip Bill DeWeese, 50th District, Greene/Fayette/Washington.

Rep. Ronald Buxton joins other legislators from central Pennsylvania to discuss legislation he has introduced that would allow the Commonwealth to pay state workers who face furlough as of July 1 if an agreement is not reached on the state budget.

Rep. Ron Buxton congratulates constituent Nicholas Conjar, who, with his wife Louise (left), will receive a 22 percent reduction on their property tax bill this year for the very first time.