Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

Right now, someone in some level of your state or local government is forming an opinion on motorcycle lane splitting. They're looking at the spate of laws being enacted state by state, legalizing the ...

While lane splitting may be tempting for motorcyclists when stopped in rush hour traffic, the action isn't legal in most states and can present new risks for ...

The image is so familiar to any motorcycle lover who has been caught in traffic jam, constant lines of vehicles crawling or being absolutely immobile, the heat coming out of the asphalt, and that ...

Motorcycle fatalities in Minnesota have been climbing. In 2022, a total of 1,035 motorcycle crashes occurred, killing 84 motorcyclists, which is the deadliest number ever recorded in the state. In ...

The safety message of “Start Seeing Motorcycles” will take on more meaning in Minnesota on Tuesday as lane splitting and filtering for motorcyclists become legal. Passed in the 2024 legislative ...

Three months into Minnesota’s new law allowing motorcyclists to move through traffic — under certain circumstances — and state agencies say more education is needed to get everyone on the road on the ...