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. Mike Sturla invited members of the Lancaster Barnstormers organization to the Pa. House of Representatives to honor to their championship season. The House also unanimously adopted Sturla's resolution (H.R. 891) that honored the players, the manager, the coaching staff, and the entire staff of the Lancaster Barnstormers baseball team for their accomplishments and on the occasion of winning the 2006 Atlantic League Championship.