The NWS also issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in west central Worcester County, Southeastern Hampshire County and Hampden County until 4:45 p.m. Embed tweet from Meteorologists or NWS.

WBZ Weather Team​ is issuing a NEXT Weather Alert for the risk of some thunderstorms on Wednesday in Massachusetts.

Rain is headed to Massachusetts for the later half of the week, including some thunderstorms. Thunderstorms are expected in the Berkshires Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service predicted.

Massachusetts Senate leaders on Tuesday released a budget proposal that hews closely to the package passed by their counterparts in the House late last month, while taking some big swings on their unique priorities including covering regional transit fares year-round and making community college free for all residents.

The Senate budget will also recommend continuing fiscal 2024 higher education investments, such as $18 million in free nursing programs at community colleges and $24 million that the state is currentl

Even in times of economic uncertainty, some investments are worth making, according to state Senate President Karen Spilka. That was the message Spilka shared on Monday after she appeared at Middlesex Community College’s Lowell campus to announce the upper chamber’s plan to provide a free college education to every Massachusetts resident who wants one.

Bankrupt hospital chain Steward Health Care on Tuesday said it had agreed under pressure from its lenders to sell off all of its hospitals in Massachusetts and six other states by the end of June. But the company’s own lawyer warned a federal judge that deadline may be unfeasible.

The struggling hospital group declared bankruptcy.