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.

Representative Bill DeWeese and Senator Barry Stout worked to secure $2.5 million in state funding for R.J. Lee Group, Inc. to build a Waste Tires to Energy Plant in Greene County. Pictured from left are Allen Kukovich, the Governor’s Southwest Region Director, Dave Coder and Pam Snyder, Greene County Commissioners, Representative Bill DeWeese, Senator Barry Stout, David Crawford of RJ Lee Group, Inc., and Richard Lee, president of R.J. Lee Group, Inc.

State Rep. DeWeese celebrated the one millionth ride of the Persons with Disabilities Rural Shared Ride Program, which provides grants to local transportation providers to offer door-to-door transportation for people with disabilities in the 50th District.