Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprnListen nowAfter budget cuts and crime spikes, Alaska prosecutors struggle to keep upThe State of Alaska doesn’t have enough criminal attorneys and is struggling to prosecute violent crimes, according to the Department of Law. Plus, budget cuts are being felt most acutely in parts of the state that are also seeing a jump in violent crime.Zachariah Hughes/AKPM – AnchorageJuneau’s legal bills mount from cruise ship lawsuitThe Juneau Assembly approved another quarter million dollars to defend itself in a federal lawsuit brought by the cruise ship industry.Jacob Resneck/KTOO – JuneauWasilla city council votes to ban plastic bags, effective July 1The Wasilla City Council voted Monday night to ban single-use plastic bags, the first such ban for a community in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where a larger effort to tax plastic bags borough-wide is also underway.Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media – AnchorageAlaska Airlines workers to get $1,000 bonuses after tax cut Trump signedAlaska Airlines is awarding $1,000 bonuses to its workers after the recently passed corporate tax cut.Tom Banse/Northwest News NetworkHarris Air lands in HainesAlmost a year after Haines was left with only one option for flying in and out, there’s a new airline in town.Abby Collins/KHNS – HainesFerry or scrap metal? Retired state ferry’s future uncertainThe state ferry Taku will keep its name — and possibly its job — after it leaves Alaska. But it could also be cut up for scrap.Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaskaSoutheast ferries fall victim to weather, mechanical problemsRough weather and a mechanical breakdown are affecting Alaska Marine Highway service in Southeast Alaska.Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaskaJuneau’s eagle nest buffers scrapped on 5-4 voteProtections for eagle nests have been removed from Juneau’s land use code following action by the Juneau Assembly that came down to a single vote.Jacob Resneck/KTOO – JuneauNorth Pole awards $52M water-system contract to Fairbanks firmWork on a $52 million project to expand North Pole’s municipal water system is expected to begin within a few weeks, and the City Council has awarded the contract to a Fairbanks company.Tim Ellis/KUAC – FairbanksSitka down to one hospital for childbirthSitka Community Hospital closed its labor and delivery program Friday, moving up the closure date by three months due to staffing shortages.Emily Kwong/KCAW – Sitka