INCOME TAXES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Federal and state income tax expense and the statutory tax rate and the actual effective tax rate consist of the following:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Current income taxes:
Federal taxes	$	17,700		$	6,688
State taxes	1,704			499
Total current income taxes	19,404			7,187
Deferred income taxes:
Federal taxes	1,902			1,690
State taxes	(38		)	(2,393		)
Total deferred income taxes	1,864			(703		)
Total income taxes	$	21,268		$	6,484
Statutory tax rate	21.0		%	35.0		%
Effective tax rate	19.7		%	22.0		%