Kristen Olsen, 41, the West Virginia mom of three, said that since shes returned to working in an office, shes struggling with the addition of child care costs on top of a $75 rent increase in January. The rising price of groceries and the need to meet her electric, water and car payments added to
nder the budget plan, funding for K-12 public schools and higher education remains the same, unless the taxes fail. Assemblywoman Kristen Olsen, R-Modesto, criticized that plan, saying that K-12 schools will be subject to 90 percent of the trigger cuts but constitute about half of the overall budget.