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October 01, 2007

State of the State: not so hot
By Ian Donnis

Speaking of the ProJo, the Sunday version of Rhode Island's statewide daily was on its game yesterday with a quartet of stories that combine to sum up some of the state's greatest challenges:

-- Things had been quiet on the surface for months with Operation Dollar Bill before Mike Stanton swooped in with an update: in short, the FBI is scrutinizing whether state Senator Stephen Alves of West Warwick -- who is no longer in the employ of UBS Financial Services -- killed a tax-incentive measure for a Pennsylvania company to punish Johnston mayor Joseph Polisena for not investing town funds with Alves.

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