Capitol View Daily Digest for June 27, 2016

Good morning and welcome to Monday, the start of another work week. Still a lot of talk about Brexit and what the long-term impact may be. Here’s the Digest:

1. The 4,800 nurses who have been striking at five Allina facilities went back to work Sunday. The week-long strike didn’t resolve the underlying labor-management dispute over health insurance, and there’s no guarantee there won’t be another strike. (AP via Pioneer Press)

2. The Twin Cities Pride Festival wrapped up with the annual parade yesterday in Minneapolis. The event here and in other locations was dominated by tributes to the victims of the Orlando shooting two weeks earlier. There was also a much stronger police presence than at earlier Pride gatherings. (Star Tribune)

3. Some of Minnesota’s biggest companies includingEcolab, 3M, Best Buy, Cargill, General Mills, Medtronic and Target have formed a coalition to look at a new way of doing business. Several nonprofits, government agencies and a University of Minnesota institute are also involved.They’re looking to embrace a concept called the circular economy, which is inspired by nature and designed to cut waste and pollution. (MPR News)

4. The vote by Great Britain to leave the European Union raises a major question: Is the post-World War II system imposed by the U.S. and its allies unraveling? Britain has been a major player in that system and a major beneficiary, but now powerful forces, including nationalism, economic problems and the movement of refugees, are putting pressure on the world order. (New York Times)

5. Officials in Britain are trying to limit the economic damage from Brexit, as the political crisis spreads to the Labour Party. European leaders and Secretary of State John Kerry are due to meet this week to talk about what to do now. (CNN)