Dollar General also plans to expand in 2025. Part of the company’s plan in closing nearly 100 underperforming stores—which accounted for less than 1% of the company’s total store footprint—was to allocate resources to new stores. The company plans to open 575 stores and remodel about 4,250 in 2025.

As part of the reevaluation, the dollar-store chain said it will close 96 Dollar General stores and 45 Popshelf stores and will convert six other locations.

Dollar General will close more than 140 stores after a sharp drop in profits, marking a shift in strategy as the discount retailer faces rising costs and changing consumer habits. Dollar General will shut down at least 96 Dollar General locations and 45 pOpshelf stores in 2025,

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more effectively. The attorneys general called the layoffs “reckless and illegal.”

The Thursday lawsuit said laying off nearly 2,000 people at the department will hurt schools and universities across the country.

A group of 21 attorneys general led by New York's Letitia James Thursday sued the Trump administration in an effort to halt the dismantling of the Education Department.