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PROVIDENCE – What a difference a year makes. One year after Business Insider ranked Rhode Island’s economy as the 33rd-best among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the Ocean State moved up to the No. 9 spot on the list. The change was driven by the third-highest rate of wage growth in the…