Court rules Veon will get new trialHARRISBURG — Former state Rep. Mike Veon is being given a new trial on allegations he misused a nonprofit for his own benefit in a ruling that called the conviction a “criminalization of politics.”The state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a county judge erred when he told jurors hearing the case against Veon that Veon didn’t have to gain financially to be convicted of violating the conflict-of-interest law.The court also says it was a mistake to order Veon to pay restitution to state government. Veon served five years after being convicted in that case and in a separate trial.

Kane to appeal her perjury convictionNORRISTOWN — Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane plans to appeal her perjury convictionThe court filing Tuesday did not indicate what legal claims she will raise to seek a new trial.A jury this year convicted the first-term Democrat of leaking grand jury documents to the press to embarrass a rival prosecutor and lying about it under oath.