{"id":73916,"date":"2025-12-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/?post_type=list&#038;p=73916"},"modified":"2025-12-07T22:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T03:48:00","slug":"announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-localsmart-awards","status":"publish","type":"list","link":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/list\/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-localsmart-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the winners of the 2025 LocalSmart Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scoop News Group is thrilled to announce the winners of the seventh annual LocalSmart Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LocalSmart Awards highlight the leaders improving city, county and municipal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting earlier this year, members of the state and local government technology community nominated more than 250 leaders and projects, and the StateScoop team narrowed the list to approximately 100 finalists. 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