Evers falters on prevailing wage issue

In 2015 and 2017, Republican Gov. Walker and the Republican-run Legislature repealed prevailing wage laws, which had required the state to pay a minimum level of wages for each trade in different areas of Wisconsin.

As a candidate in 2018, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promised to undo those changes.

And in both of his two budgets, Evers made an effort to do just that, but each time Republicans rejected it. 

 Britt Cudaback, Evers' spokesperson, said that makes Republicans "the sole elected officials standing in the way of progress on this issue." Of course, to the other side, Evers is trying to undo what advocates of the change view as progress.

 PolitiFact Wisconsin rates promises on results, not intent or effort on the part of Evers. And this promise was very specific, not part of a long-term effort like reducing the prison population or trying to rein in the school choice program. 

Thus, we rate it Promise Broken.