Bonus accusations against son test political family

Eric Buxton, with an assist from his father, state Rep. Ronald Buxton, D-Harrisburg, started working at the state Capitol in 1999 as an intern. Within six years, he secured a lucrative contract for information technology services with the House Democrats, far surpassing his father's pay. Now prosecutors say that contract was a cover for blatant political work on the taxpayers' dime. The accusations put one of Harrisburg's top political families in the middle of a corruption scandal that has rocked the Capitol. Read More