News Round Up: Oil Hike, the Texas Transgender Fight Politicized, and Brittney Griner’s Fate

On Fridays, we discuss the most important stories of the week (and the most under-reported ones, too). Today, author and City Cast Houston business contributor Loren Steffy joins Lisa Gray to cover the incredible rise in oil prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Also: The transgender fight simmers in Texas this week, becoming useful as a hot-button issue to opportunistic politicos. Finally, the fate of WNBA star Brittney Griner remains unclear as she's held in Russia on charges of hashish possession. Visit our Website! There you can subscribe to the newsletter... and you can subscribe to the Pod! (You will become an even more of knowledgeable Houstonian than you already are!) Also, if you feel conversational about any of the topics covered today, please call our hotline! Give us a piece of your mind! It's (713) 489-6972. We're on Twitter, too - follow us!