Kim Raff

Salt Lake City

Journalist and Photographer at Freelance

Freelance Documentary, Editorial and Reportage Photographer

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Articles

US economy shows signs of strain from Trump’s tariffs and spending cuts

2 months ago | straitstimes.com | Alan Rappeport |Kim Raff

WASHINGTON – The US economy is starting to show signs of strain as President Donald Trump’s abrupt moves to shrink federal spending, lay off government workers and impose tariffs on America’s largest trading partners rattle businesses and reverberate across states and cities.
In a Growing Utah City, Residents Are Turning Against Their Mayor

Dec 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | Leia Larsen |Kim Raff

"She said, 'My office is full of liberals,'" Mrs. Price recalled. "'I don't trust anybody.'"Mrs. Price helped with the mayor's 2021 campaign. When residents complained on social media about restaurants and businesses not keeping pace with Vineyard's rapid growth, the mayor wrote a 972-word reply and asked Mrs. Price to post it using her own account, text messages show. Mrs. Price also won a raffle at an event hosted by Ms. Fullmer encouraging women to seek office.
Voting may be over, but this election worker is still debunking disinformation

Nov 17, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Barbara Rodriguez |Terri Rupar |Sara Luterman |Kim Raff

Published The 19th is committed to covering the unfinished business of voting rights. Read more about how we’re approaching that in this pivotal election. In the days following the 2024 presidential election, Barb Byrum of Michigan watched open skepticism pour in online about former President Donald Trump’s win over Vice President Kamala Harris.
‘Go see for yourself’: These poll workers want to demystify the voting process for you

Nov 5, 2024 | utahnewsdispatch.com | Donaven Doughty |Kim Raff

Originally published by The 19thA temporary workforce of regular Americans, the vast majority of whom are women, come together every couple of years to ensure a smooth election process. These elected officials, paid staffers, and volunteers — including many retirees and students — work at polling places and help process ballots. How elections run, and voters cast those ballots, varies by state. In some states, mostly in the West, elections are overwhelmingly conducted by mail.
On Election Day, a women-led workforce of election officials is on high alert

Nov 4, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Barbara Rodriguez |Terri Rupar |Kim Raff |Grace Panetta

Published The 19th is committed to covering the unfinished business of voting rights. Read more about how we’re approaching that in this pivotal election. It’s Election Day in America and voters are heading to the polls this Tuesday to cast ballots in a historic election that could produce the nation’s first woman president or its oldest.
'Go see for yourself': These poll workers want to demystify the voting process for you

Oct 30, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Kim Raff |Barbara Rodriguez |Terri Rupar |Donaven Doughty

Published We’re going to get you through this election. Sign up for our daily newsletter. A temporary workforce of regular Americans, the vast majority of whom are women, come together every couple of years to ensure a smooth election process. These elected officials, paid staffers, and volunteers — including many retirees and students — work at polling places and help process ballots. How elections run, and voters cast those ballots, varies by state.
MORMON MISSIONARY RULES 5

May 10, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Kim Raff

Kate Kennington pulls down a binder with clothing tips from other missionaries who have traveled to Europe before her assignment in London for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the Sister Missionary Mall, in Provo, Utah, Nov. 9, 2023.
Who will Nikki Haley’s supporters vote for once she drops out?

Mar 6, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Derek Hawkins |Dylan Wells |Sabrina Rodriguez |Jenn Ackerman |Matt McClain |Kim Raff | +1 more

Who will Nikki Haley’s supporters vote for once she drops out? We talked to nearly 40 Haley voters in four Super Tuesday states about how they would vote in a Biden-Trump rematchGoing into Super Tuesday, many Nikki Haley supporters saw her campaign as their last hope — excited by her pitch to be a new generational leader for the Republican Party and sold on her argument that she would easily defeat President Biden in a general election.
GROUNDWATER DEPLETION 7

Nov 26, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Kim Raff

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save A pit lake at the Barrick Goldstrike mine, the largest gold mine in North America, in Eureka County, Nev., Oct. 21, 2023. Groundwater levels are falling in much of the country, often the result of overpumping and underregulation, made worse by climate change.
GROUNDWATER DEPLETION 16

Nov 24, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Kim Raff

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save A center-pivot irrigation system that uses water from the Barrick Goldstrike mine, the largest gold mine in North America, in Eureka County, Nev., Oct. 21, 2023. Groundwater levels are falling in much of the country, often the result of overpumping and underregulation, made worse by climate change.