The North Carolina Democratic Party's Executive Committee scheduled a meeting Saturday in Raleigh to elect a chair for the next two years.

Cherokee Indians and Gov. Beverly Perdue finalized an agreement to allow card dealers at the tribe's casino in exchange for school districts getting a piece of profits.

Employment Security Commission chairwoman Lynn Holmes wrote legislative leaders about her decision, directed by Governor Perdue,  to suspend rules in a new state law that regulators said in June could put the state out of good standing with federal law.

Republican lawmakers say Gov. Beverly Perdue needs to provide more details about her administration's long-term proposal to educate tens of thousands of additional 4-year-olds.

A Perdue campaign committee spokesman said Wednesday he didn't know how the leftover money would be distributed.

Some North Carolina legislators say they made a mistake when tweaking the state's ethics and lobbying laws two years ago, one that means the public has no right to information about violations of lobbying rules.

A North Carolina man faces a charge of felony animal cruelty after his wife said he tried to set on fire their pit bull because he was tired of caring for the puppy, according to authorities.

Gov. Beverly Perdue and others also are interested whether it makes sense to privatize the current monopoly system.

Red Hat currently is headquartered on North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus in Raleigh.

Gov. Bev Perdue this morning presented her 2012-13 budget for Investing in Our Future.

A tentative plan would have the state leasing the Dorothea Dix Hospital property to the city for several decades.