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New Orleans Fire Department moves HQ to Mid-City

Exterior view of the New Orleans Fire Department Headquarters building: beige walls with brown trim and roof, an arched entry, and a sign reading "New Orleans Fire Department Headquarters" with small trees in front. — Emergency response shouldn't be affected by the New Orleans Fire Department's headquarters move, a press release says. Photo: Chelsea Brasted/Axios

Emergency response shouldn't be affected by the New Orleans Fire Department's headquarters move, a press release says. Photo: Chelsea Brasted/Axios

🧯 The New Orleans Fire Department has a new home for its headquarters for the first time in 100 years. The department moves tomorrow from its current Decatur Street street to Mid-City on City Park Avenue. (Press release)

Hopefully the route doesn't include any potholes.

🐯 As LSU tightens enrollment requirements, its incoming freshman class will be smaller than last year's for the first time in eight years. That's on purpose, as university leadership takes aim at improving its academic reputation. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)

🎓 Xavier University is the No. 4 HBCU in the country according to a new ranking. (Forbes)

🛐 Pope Leo addressed his Creole roots in New Orleans for the first time in an NBC interview. (Axios)

🦐 OPI's Cajun Shrimp gel nail color, which was inspired by a New Orleans visit, has been slightly reformulated — and diehards aren't happy. (Southern Living)

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