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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The following table presents the components of deferred tax assets and liabilities:
|  | December 31, 2025 |  |  | December 31, 2024 |
Deferred income tax assets (liabilities) |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating losses |  | $ | 14.7 |  |  | $ | 30.0 |
Postretirement benefits |  |  | 10.2 |  |  |  | 11.0 |
Pension benefit liabilities |  |  | 7.0 |  |  |  | 7.3 |
Deferred compensation |  |  | 4.3 |  |  |  | 4.5 |
State tax credit carryforwards |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 3.7 |
Capital loss carryforwards |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 5.6 |
Capitalized research expenses |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  | 20.5 |
Lease liabilities |  |  | 17.0 |  |  |  | 14.3 |
Other |  |  | 10.4 |  |  |  | 9.9 |
Total deferred income tax assets |  |  | 69.5 |  |  |  | 106.8 |
Valuation allowances |  |  | (16.6 | ) |  |  | (36.3 | )
Net deferred income tax assets |  |  | 52.9 |  |  |  | 70.5 |
Intangibles |  |  | (83.9 | ) |  |  | (83.9 | )
Partnerships and investments |  |  | (21.9 | ) |  |  | (23.7 | )
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (93.7 | ) |  |  | (87.1 | )
Prepaid pension costs |  |  | (25.1 | ) |  |  | (22.5 | )
Inventories |  |  | (2.9 | ) |  |  | (3.6 | )
Lease assets |  |  | (16.0 | ) |  |  | (15.1 | )
Other |  |  | (2.2 | ) |  |  | (1.7 | )
Total deferred income tax liabilities |  |  | (245.7 | ) |  |  | (237.6 | )
Net deferred income tax liabilities |  | $ | (192.8 | ) |  | $ | (167.1 | )
Schedule of Components of Earnings Before Income Taxes and Income Tax Expense | The following table presents the components of earnings before income taxes and income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Earnings before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic |  | $ | 392.7 |  |  | $ | 342.0 |  |  | $ | 291.9 |
Foreign |  |  | 7.6 |  |  |  | 5.1 |  |  |  | 6.4 |
Total |  | $ | 400.3 |  |  | $ | 347.1 |  |  | $ | 298.3 |
Income tax expense (benefit): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current tax expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal |  | $ | 48.3 |  |  | $ | 64.0 |  |  | $ | 59.8 |
U.S. state and local |  |  | 16.5 |  |  |  | 16.3 |  |  |  | 13.9 |
Foreign |  |  | 2.8 |  |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | 1.7 |
Total current tax expense |  |  | 67.6 |  |  |  | 81.5 |  |  |  | 75.4 |
Deferred tax expense (benefit): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal |  |  | 21.8 |  |  |  | (0.9 | ) |  |  | (3.2 | )
U.S. state and local |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | 2.5 |
Foreign |  |  | (0.7 | ) |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | )
Total deferred tax expense (benefit) |  |  | 24.0 |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  |  | (0.9 | )
Total income tax expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal |  |  | 70.1 |  |  |  | 63.1 |  |  |  | 56.6 |
U.S. state and local |  |  | 19.4 |  |  |  | 18.0 |  |  |  | 16.4 |
Foreign |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 1.5 |
Total income tax expense |  | $ | 91.6 |  |  | $ | 82.2 |  |  | $ | 74.5 |
Schedule of Net Income Tax Payments | The following table presents net income tax payments for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
U.S. federal |  | $ | 51.9 |  |  | $ | 68.3 |  |  | $ | 58.2 |
U.S. state and local |  |  | 15.6 |  |  |  | 17.8 |  |  |  | 12.1 |
Foreign |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 1.8 |
Total income tax payments, net |  | $ | 69.3 |  |  | $ | 87.6 |  |  | $ | 72.1 |
Schedule of U.S. Federal Statutory-to-effective Tax Rate Reconciliation | The following table presents a U.S. federal statutory-to-effective tax rate reconciliation for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | Amount |  |  | Percentage |  |  | Amount |  |  | Percentage |  |  | Amount |  |  | Percentage |
U.S. federal statutory tax |  | $ | 84.1 |  |  |  | 21.0 | % |  | $ | 72.9 |  |  |  | 21.0 | % |  | $ | 62.6 |  |  |  | 21.0 | %
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit (1) |  |  | 15.9 |  |  |  | 4.0 |  |  |  | 14.5 |  |  |  | 4.2 |  |  |  | 13.4 |  |  |  | 4.5 |
Foreign tax effects |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Effect of cross-border tax laws |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  |  | (0.4 | )
Tax credits |  |  | (4.6 | ) |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  |  | (2.0 | ) |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | (1.9 | ) |  |  | (0.6 | )
Changes in valuation allowances |  |  | (4.7 | ) |  |  | (1.2 | ) |  |  | (8.5 | ) |  |  | (2.4 | ) |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Expiration of deferred income tax assets |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | 5.8 |  |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Non-deductible or non-taxable items |  |  | 3.2 |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | 3.0 |  |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Releases due to statute expirations |  |  | (6.1 | ) |  |  | (1.5 | ) |  |  | (1.9 | ) |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Other |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Excess tax benefits recognized on share-based compensation |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | - |
Other |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | - |
Effective taxes |  | $ | 91.6 |  |  |  | 22.9 | % |  | $ | 82.2 |  |  |  | 23.7 | % |  | $ | 74.5 |  |  |  | 25.0 | %
(1) State taxes in California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and local taxes in New York City made up the majority (greater than 50 percent) of the tax effect in this category.
Schedule Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | We had the following activity for UTB’s for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Unrecognized tax benefits balance as of January 1, |  | $ | 24.5 |  |  | $ | 26.9 |  |  | $ | 27.3 |
Gross change for current-year positions |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 0.4 |
Increase for prior period positions |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Decrease for prior period positions |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | (0.5 | )
Decrease due to statute expirations |  |  | (11.0 | ) |  |  | (2.9 | ) |  |  | (0.5 | )
Unrecognized tax benefits balance as of December 31, |  | $ | 12.8 |  |  | $ | 24.5 |  |  | $ | 26.9 |
Schedule of Non-income Tax Expenses | The following table presents details of non-income tax expenses for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Payroll taxes |  | $ | 28.2 |  |  | $ | 23.9 |  |  | $ | 20.8 |
Property, franchise and capital stock taxes |  |  | 5.2 |  |  |  | 4.8 |  |  |  | 5.4 |

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