NOTE 5 - INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation of the Expected Federal Income Tax Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Income Taxes
Computed "expected" tax expense	$ 4,520	$ 2,754
Tax exempt income, net	(1,719)	(1,225)
Bank-owned life insurance	(99)	(55)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit, current year	1,024	677
Tax Credits	(57)	(116)
Excess tax benefit on stock options exercised and restricted stock awards vested	(164)	(264)
Other	36	113
Federal and state income tax expense	$ 3,541	$ 1,884
Computed "expected" tax expense (in percentage)	21.00%	21.00%
Tax exempt income, net (in percentage)	(8.00%)	(9.30%)
Bank-owned life insurance (in percentage)	(0.50%)	(0.40%)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit, current year (in percentage)	4.80%	5.20%
Tax credits (in percentage)	(0.30%)	(0.90%)
Excess tax benefit on stock options exercised and restricted stock awards vested (in percentage)	(0.80%)	(2.00%)
Other (in percentage)	0.20%	0.80%
Federal and state income tax expense (in percentage)	16.40%	14.40%