| Good afternoon, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing hiking Chicago property taxes by $150 million, down from his original $300 million recommendation for 2025 that was unanimously struck down by the City Council last week. But he stopped short Tuesday of saying he has the votes in the council to pass even the smaller increase. Johnson’s new proposal closes the remaining $150 million hole in next year’s budget by instead raising taxes on streaming subscriptions and the digital lease of “cloud” computing space. As negotiations over the $17.3 billion package continue, the proposal is just that
— a proposal — the mayor insisted Tuesday. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Puzzles & Games | Daily horoscope | Asking Eric news Chicago police SWAT team officers respond to the scene near Lincoln and Berteau avenues in
the North Center neighborhood where a retired Chicago police sergeant was shot on Nov. 18, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) After being shot three times by two people about 9 a.m. near the intersection of Berteau and Lincoln avenues, the former sergeant was in critical condition and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said. More top news stories: business Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella listens to a question, Nov. 28, 2018, as he sits
in front of the Windows logo during the annual Microsoft Corp. shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash. (Ted S. Warren/AP) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is opening a company conference in Chicago with remarks that could set the stage for where it’s taking its artificial intelligence business. More top business stories: sports Taylor Hall (71) of the Chicago Blackhawks skates against the Seattle Kraken during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena on Nov. 14, 2024 in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) If you were taken aback by Taylor Hall’s healthy scratch before the Chicago Blackhawks’ game in Vancouver on Saturday, you’re not the only one. Hall was too. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. The two-part film version of the musical “Wicked” stars Ariana Granda as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. Part I arrives in Nov. 2024; Part II, same time, next year. (Universal Pictures) Actor Cynthia Erivo tops the list of reasons the first part of a two-part film adaptation of the musical “Wicked” likely will extend the good fortune that has paved this story’s road from the beginning. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world In this photo provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Nov. 19, 2024, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy listens to the national anthem before his speech at Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP) Ukraine fired six American-supplied longer-range missiles at Russia’s Bryansk region, Moscow said, in what would be Kyiv’s first use of the weapons inside Russia in 1,000 days of war. More top stories from around the world: | 
