Note 8 - INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation of the Expected Federal Income Tax Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024
INCOME TAXES
Computed "expected" tax expense	$ 8,517	$ 6,264	$ 20,419	$ 18,773
Tax exempt income, net	(4,993)	(4,204)	(14,016)	(11,965)
Bank-owned life insurance	(200)	(171)	(520)	(975)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit, current year	1,407	1,084	2,751	3,186
Tax credits	(336)	(26)	(1,131)	(77)
Income from tax credit equity investments	(427)	(546)	(1,278)	(1,639)
Excess tax benefit on stock options exercised and restricted stock awards vested	111	310	637	834
Other	13	46	(116)	698
Federal and state income tax expense	$ 3,844	$ 2,045	$ 5,704	$ 5,771
Computed "expected" tax expense (in percentage)	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Tax exempt income, net (in percentage)	(12.30%)	(14.10%)	(14.40%)	(13.40%)
Bank-owned life insurance (in percentage)	(0.50%)	(0.60%)	(0.50%)	(1.10%)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit, current year (in percentage)	3.50%	3.60%	2.80%	3.60%
Tax credits (in percentage)	(0.80%)	(0.10%)	(1.20%)	(0.10%)
Income from tax credit equity investments (in percentage)	(1.10%)	(1.80%)	(1.30%)	(1.80%)
Excess tax benefit on stock options exercised and restricted stock awards vested (in percentage)	(0.30%)	(1.00%)	(0.70%)	(0.90%)
Other (in percentage)	0.00%	(0.10%)	0.20%	(0.80%)
Federal and state income tax expense (in percentage)	9.50%	6.90%	5.90%	6.50%

Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to income (expenses) of life insurance.

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