Additional Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Doubling bonus depreciation for five years, percent

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Executive compensation limitation

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Percent of Eligible Investments for State and Local Tax Credit

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Change in Tax Rate, Bonus Depreciation

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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 deductions. Including, but not limited to, extraterritorial income exclusion deduction, qualified production activity deduction, dividend deduction, deduction for dividend paid to employee stock ownership plan, Medicare prescription drug benefit subsidy deduction, and other deductions.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of income tax expense (benefit) for remeasurement of deferred tax from change in tax rate pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Doubling bonus depreciation for five years, percent	100.00%								100.00%
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, income tax benefit	$ 3,700
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Change in tax rate, bonus depreciation	$ 3,200
Deduction to effective income tax rate, percent									3.00%
Additional income tax expense (benefit)										$ (600)
Percent of eligible investments for state and local tax credit	1.00%								1.00%
Executive compensation limitation	$ 1,000								$ 1,000
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Income tax provision		$ 742	$ 3,943	$ 2,695	$ 4,129	$ 5,688	$ 2,894	$ 460	$ 13,320	13,171	$ 20,794
State and Local Jurisdiction
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Income tax provision										$ (1,200)