A local initiative decrying corporate personhood is gaining traction. Thousands of Salt Lake City residents have signed the Move to Amend petition, calling for a ballot initiative this November that would ask state and federal officials to uphold that money is not speech, and that only humans have constitutional rights.

Salt Lake City is partnering with five other Wasatch Front cities and counties to launch the “Wasatch Solar Challenge” after receiving a $400,000 Department of Energy grant aimed at reducing the cost of developing solar energy.

About 20 tents are now set up on a gravel lot east of the Salt Lake City Main Library, following the city relocating Occupy Salt Lake protesters to Library Square from Gallivan Plaza, where the city moved them from in anticipation of the events happening there this summer. Demonstrator Justin Kramer says they have more space and visibility in their new location.

The Salt Lake City Library is becoming a little more user friendly. This week, it adopted a new online catalog the library says will be easier and more fun to use. Library Senior Creative Producer Andrew Shaw says the Bibliocommons system will do all of the traditional things, like renew and place books on hold, along with several new additions.

The controversial film “Bully” opens in major cities across the country this month and hundreds of other cities are demanding screenings of the film in their towns as well through a social media campaign. The documentary follows the lives of several kids who are being bullied at school. Salt Lake City Councilman Charlie Luke has entered Salt Lake City into the “Bully Demand Competition,” and is looking for enough online signatures to get a screening here.

Salt Lake City’s plans to restrict electronic billboards survived during this year’s legislative session. But changes will still be coming to the city’s anti-idling ordinance. Mayor Ralph Becker joined us in the studio to discuss the impact of this year’s session, along with City Creek and his efforts to fight against the SkiLink proposal being pushed through Congress.

Salt Lake City Council Chair Soren Simonsen is setting his sights on higher office, filing to run as a Democrat against Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz in District 3. Simonsen says he’s been contemplating the bid for a couple of years, as the possibility of Utah gaining a fourth district became apparent. He says he’s most interested in giving local governments more representation on the national level.

Salt Lake City residents got the chance to follow up on what has happened since the 2010 Chevron oil spill that sent more than 30,000 gallons of crude oil flowing into Salt Lake City waterways. On Friday, the city hosted a pipeline safety conference at The Leonardo, where representatives from local and federal government, the pipeline industry and regulators discussed operations, regulations, prevention, safety preparedness and initiatives.

West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder is plowing ahead with his bid for Salt Lake County Mayor. The candidate has picked up the support of several elected officials in the valley, including mayors and lawmakers. But the chair of the county Republican party has opposed his candidacy, after he admitted to and apologized for writing newspaper articles about his city under the name Richard Burwash.

Occupy Salt Lake will have a new home in April. After spending the winter on the Gallivan Plaza, the city has offered the group a new location on Library Square. Interim Library Director Linda Hamilton says she’s not concerned with the move, and sees it as the library’s role to provide an opportunity for the public to have its voice heard.