 | By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
NEW DISEASE: Monkeypox, an infectious disease similar to smallpox and found in more than 30 states since the spring, has arrived in Louisiana, the state Department of Health confirmed Thursday. Here’s more of what you need to know.
PINK SLIP: The Einstein Charter network, which oversees four public schools in New Orleans, has abruptly dismissed Ashley Daniels-Hall, its fourth CEO in four years.
BYPASSED: In 1840, New Orleans was third most populous city in the United States, a booming place built at a commercially strategic location on the Mississippi River near the Gulf of Mexico. A century later, it was No. 15, and now it’s No. 53. Geography historian Richard Campanella explains how 19th century city leaders missed an opportunity to diversify the economy.
Thanks for starting your Friday with us. You can keep up with the news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 
