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The construction of a multipurpose arena in Downtown Evansville is just the sort of work that will help the country escape its current economic doldrums, Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel told Sen. Evan Bayh on Thursday.

Bayh, D-Ind., was in Evansville to discuss with local leaders and business representatives what the government should do to mitigate America's economic troubles.

Among proposals under consideration in Washington are passing a new stimulus

bill that would pump money into public works projects and extending loans to the U.S. automobile companies.

The idea behind the stimulus, which no one has put an exact price on yet, is to give work to those in the construction industry and directly ...

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