# Chron.com

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{{Short description|American news website}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = ''Chron''
| logo = Chron Logo.svg
| logo_alt = Logo of Chron
| company_type = 
| type = [News website](/source/News_website)
| language = English
| headquarters = 4747 Southwest Freeway
| location_city = [Houston](/source/Houston), Texas
| country = United States
| owner = [Hearst Newspapers](/source/Hearst_Newspapers)
| url = {{URL|https://www.chron.com/}}
| launch_date = {{Start date|2012}}
| current_status    = Active
}}
'''''Chron''''' (also called '''''Chron.com''''') is a news website based in [Houston](/source/Houston), Texas, that was founded in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chron - HEARST |url=https://www.hearst.com/chron |website=Hearst.com}}</ref> Chron.com was once the digital home for the ''[Houston Chronicle](/source/Houston_Chronicle)'', but in 2012 became an independent site. The publications share a parent company, [Hearst Newspapers](/source/Hearst_Newspapers), and maintain separate newsrooms.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 2012 |title=Letter to our readers announcing HoustonChronicle.com|url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/Letter-to-our-readers-announcing-4046742.php|website=Chron}}</ref><ref name="Houston Chronicle">{{cite web |title=Houston Chronicle announces relocation and renovation
|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-Chronicle-Media-Group-announces-major-5636807.php |website=[Houston Chronicle](/source/Houston_Chronicle)|access-date=}}</ref>

== Notable contributions ==
In October 2024, ''Chron'' religion reporter, Eric Killelea, covered the news that the pastor of Lakepointe Church in [Rockwall, Texas](/source/Rockwall%2C_Texas), had instructed congregants how to vote in the [2024 United States presidential election](/source/2024_United_States_presidential_election) via a sermon titled "How to Vote Like Jesus." In response to this reporting, the [Freedom From Religion Foundation](/source/Freedom_From_Religion_Foundation) called on the [Internal Revenue Service](/source/Internal_Revenue_Service) to revoke the tax-free privileges of the church.<ref>{{cite web |last=Long |first=Eli |date=October 10, 2024 |title=North Texas pastor tells church 'How to vote like Jesus' |url=https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/texas-pastor-josh-howerton-voting-19826458.php |publisher=Chron}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 1, 2024 |title=FFRF calls on IRS commissioner to enforce the Johnson Amendment|url=https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-calls-on-irs-commissioner-to-enforce-the-johnson-amendment/ |publisher=[Freedom From Religion Foundation](/source/Freedom_From_Religion_Foundation)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Line |first=Christopher |title=Freedom From Religion Reports Texas Church to IRS |url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/irs-tax-correspondence/freedom-religion-reports-texas-church-irs/7m6cx |publisher=[Tax Analysts](/source/Tax_Analysts)}}</ref> As of March 1, 2025, Lakepointe Church is still designated as a [501(c)(3) organization](/source/501(c)(3)_organization).{{relevance inline|date=December 2025}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.chron.com}}

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Category:American news websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2012
Category:Mass media in Houston

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