Morning News Chat: Strippers’ Rights and Octopus Farms

KGMI's Dianna Hawryluk and Adam Smith chat about bills in Olympia to protect adult dancers and to ban Octopus farming in Washington waters.

By Adam Smith February 8, 2024 10:03 am

Associated Press,My Bellingham NowOctopus Paul II., successor of the World Cup oracle Paul, makes his first public appearance in an aquarium in Oberhausen, western Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. His predecessor Paul correctly predicted all games involving Germany, and also picked Spain to win the soccer World Cup final over the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Roland Weihrauch, pool)

KGMI’s Dianna Hawryluk and Adam Smith chat about bills in Olympia to protect adult dancers and to ban Octopus farming in Washington waters.

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