Investigative report

The Web site California Watch reported an article questioning the money a company from Alaska received from the federal stimulus plan.

Suulutaaq is a construction company started by Alaska natives, and is now ran by Samuel Boyle who used to run a dot-com company that went bankrupt.

The company received a $54 million project paid by the stimulus package which was designed to create jobs. So far, this project has created 12 jobs.

This is an investigative article because it looks for details that are not normally asked. Why this company was chosen is the real issue.

The target of the investigation was given a chance to respond in the eleventh and twelfth paragraphs, where the company and Boyle both declined comments and interviews.

The reporter refers to a document, saying, "According to a report submitted..."

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People who were not in favor of the stimulus plan will be interested in this story, as well as people who have an interest in politics and finance.

No harsh headline words were used.

It is not clear where the story idea came from, but it is likely it was either a tip or maybe a project idea after a list of recipients of the stimulus package was published.