8 Closing the gender pay gap.

• Position: STATELINE

Are you single? Do you attend church? Such personal questions are off limits in job interviews, and nearly two-dozen states are considering adding another: How much did your last employer pay you? Massachusetts already has such a law on the books, CNN reports. The measures' intent is to close the pay gap between men and women--who made 79.6 cents for every dollar men earned in 2015, according to the Census Bureau...