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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Pension plan		$ 80.8	$ 83.7
Benefits plan assumed annual rate		8.00%
Increase declining annual rate		0.15%
Capital cost of covered healthcare benefits		5.00%
Employees plan		1,000
Contributions plan rate		100.00%
Stock based compensation remain award rate		1.00%
Compensation plus rate		50.00%
Contributions exceeding rate		1.00%
Matching contributions, percent		6.00%
Matching contributions		$ 0.8	0.8	$ 0.7
Discretionary contribution		$ 1.1	$ 0.9	$ 0.9
Compensation eligible rate		5.00%
Number of shares authorized (in Shares) | shares		300,000
Percentage of shares available for issuance		70.00%
Pension Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Other benefits plan cash contributions		$ 2.8
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Other benefits plan cash contributions		$ 0.9
Forecast [Member] | Pension Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Other benefits plan cash contributions	$ 0.9
Forecast [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Other benefits plan cash contributions	$ 1.0

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