INCOME TAXES - Tax Rate (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Income taxes
Effective tax (benefit) rate, including discontinued operations (as a percent)	(40.30%)	24.10%
Effective tax (benefit) rate from continuing operations (as a percent)	(37.70%)	20.00%
Average state tax rate (as a percent)	6.00%	6.00%

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

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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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Percentage of average state statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-12

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