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Daniel Jackson
Daniel Jackson is a reporter based in central Connecticut. Before covering the New England area, he wrote about the South from Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has reported on Civil Rights-era cold cases, the effort to save the endangered Barrens topminnow from drought and litigation about abortion and election in Alabama and Tennessee.
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Alex Jones’ Connecticut defamation trial begins with yet another sanction
The radio personality and conspiracy theorist faces yet another trial to determine how much money he must pay family members of the Sandy Hook shooting victims who say they were defamed by his false claims the shooting was a hoax.
In dispute over lobster fishing regulations, judge sides with the whales
A federal judge declined to second-guess the data the National Marine Fisheries Service used in 2021 to form a biological opinion describing New England’s lobster industry’s effect on the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Corruption conviction is no bar to lobbying, ex-lawmaker tells Massachusetts high court
The appeal comes from a Democrat who served the Massachusetts House of Representatives for 30 years, the last five as speaker, before he was toppled by federal corruption charges.
Top Maine court strikes down portion of ballot question that killed power line
Maine voters passed a public referendum in 2021, halting a project that would cut through Maine’s forests to run transmission lines carrying Canadian-generated electricity into New England.
Newman’s Own Foundation sued by late actor’s daughters: It has 'lost its way'
Two daughters of Paul Newman said their father’s foundation disregarded the actor’s wishes when it halved the amount of money his children could use for their own philanthropy.
Years before the ratification of the Constitution, she sued for her freedom and won
A town in the Berkshires celebrated the little-known legacy of Elizabeth Freeman, an enslaved woman who was one of the first to successfully sue for her freedom, with a statute unveiled Sunday.
Sandy Hook defamation trial is imminent, but first Alex Jones needs a jury
The proceedings four years in the making took a detour this month to bankruptcy court and also included hearings to determine whether Alex Jones’ attorneys should face discipline.
Defamation case against Alex Jones in Connecticut halted by bankruptcy filing
In the middle of picking jurors for a Connecticut defamation trial expected to begin in September, an attorney for the Infowars host filed a notice that the case was removed to federal court.