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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island's leaders say they're eager to make the state friendlier to businesses following an outside group's report calling for sweeping changes to the state's economic development efforts. But they concede they don't yet have a clear plan for doing so.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee feels "a sense of urgency" to improve the state's business climate, spokeswoman Christine Hunsinger said Wednesday. But she said the independent governor doesn't yet know what changes to the state's Economic Development Corp. he might recommend to the General Assembly.

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