Sessions to discuss updated Bush era crime-fighting plan

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is providing an update on a Bush era crime-fighting strategy that emphasizes aggressive prosecution of gun and gang crimes.

Sessions has planned a trip to Columbus Tuesday to talk about the program known as Project Safe Neighborhoods. The attorney general revived the nearly two-decade-old program last year as part of the Trump administration's tough-on-crime agenda.

Part of the initiative focuses on sending certain gun crimes to federal court, where they carry longer sentences.

Congress eliminated funding for an earlier version of the program, as some groups expressed concern that it focused too heavily on common criminals as opposed to major players.