def _check_state(enabled_states, paper_states):
    """Checks to see if the newspaper object contains a state that we want to scrape.

    Parameters
    ----------
    enabled_states : list
        The states that we want to scrape
    paper_states : list
        The states that are applicable to the newspaper

    Returns
    -------
    valid : bool
        True if the paper meets the criteria for the scraping job
    """
    enabled_states = set(enabled_states)
    paper_states = set(paper_states)
    return bool(enabled_states.intersection(paper_states))