Note 6 - Dividends	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements
Dividends [Text Block]	(6) Dividends In 2010, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a regular cash dividend program to our stockholders, subject to approval each quarter. Quarterly cash dividends of $0.06 per share of common stock were paid in each of the first quarters of 2024 and 2023 which totaled $4.9 million in each quarter.

Disclosure of information related to dividends paid during the period.

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