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Indiana Youth Institute President and CEO Tami Silverman speaks with Lakeshore Public Radio's Dee Dotson about the importance of uniting to promote youth suicide prevention.

Suicide can affect anyone no matter your age, race, your tax bracket or even the neighborhood you reside. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and we hear at Lakeshore Public Radio wanted to spend the hour speaking with clinicians as well as community members that have been affected by suicide. It’s a time to educate, discuss, as well as a reminder to check in with loved ones.

Middle and high school students facing crisis situations may soon have an easier time finding help. Starting next school year, public schools in Indiana will be required to print help lines and text information on student IDs.

Today: We talk with Indiana's U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D) about some of the measures that he and his colleagues have worked on Capitol Hill to pass or…