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Dog's Head development, TIRZ and the river

• City of AustinRyan Alter council voting record, item 260521_RG_038, 45-year development agreement, approved as amended
• Community ImpactCouncil backs Dog's Head tax financing plan in East Austin
• KUTAustin council OKs financing deal for Dog's Head development
• KUTCouncil and the Dog's Head development, 22 May 2026
• KXANAustin City Council approves TIRZ plan for Dog's Head development
• CBS AustinCouncil could vote on massive Dog's Head development
• Travis AudubonAlert: Dog's Head and Hornsby Bend area development approved
• Austin CurrentInside the high-stakes fight over Austin's Dog's Head vote

Gas peakers and the closed session

• City of AustinCouncil voting record, item 260521_RG_007, gas peaker implementation item, recorded as Withdrawn; items 260528_RG_098, 099 and 100, emissions and siting guardrail resolutions, voted Yes
• Austin Free PressRyan Alter helped decide Austin's fossil fuel future behind closed doors
• Austin Free PressRyan Alter: Balancing reliability and sustainability in Austin Energy's future
• Austin Free PressDark Energy
• KUTAfter secret vote on new gas plant, council approves emissions limits
• Austin CurrentAustin weighs $1B gas peaker plan
• Public CitizenWhat happened with the Austin Energy resource plan, documenting the Alter amendment
• KUTCouncil passes new energy plan through 2035

Data centers

• Community ImpactCouncil advances plan for Austin's economic expansion, 7 May 2026
• City of AustinOfficial 7 May 2026 council agenda
• Austin CurrentAustin weighs new data center restrictions, 19 May 2026
• KUTAustin begins process to regulate large-scale data centers, 27 August 2026
• Community ImpactAustin leaders poised to ban large data centers
• CBS AustinCouncil unanimously moves forward with new data center regulations
• KUTTexas leaders divided on data centers, 19 August 2026
• Texas TribuneNew Texas data center projects frozen, 3 August 2026

Council office spending and trust

• Austin American-StatesmanAustin officials' spending revealed
• Austin American-StatesmanA tax hike for you, perks for them: inside Austin City Council's spending habits, 2 November 2025
• Austin American-StatesmanCouncil Member Ryan Alter vows to reimburse taxpayer funds
• Austin American-StatesmanAustin City Council to overhaul officeholder spending rules
• KUTAustin leaders vote down stricter spending rules, 23 January 2026

Lobbyists, appeals and the seventeen no votes

• City of AustinCouncil voting record, item 260312_RG_002, ordinance amending City Code Chapter 4-8, Regulation of Lobbyists, voted No
• City of AustinCouncil voting record, item 250130_RG_092, appeal by Save Our Springs Alliance and others of the North Trails Office Park site plan in the Loop 360 Hill Country Roadway Corridor, voted No, motion failed
• City of AustinCouncil voting record, items 250605_RG_016 and 017, water and wastewater service extensions in the Drinking Water Protection Zone, voted No

Taxes, Prop Q and the convention center

• City of AustinCouncil voting record, items 250813_RG_001 and 010, tax rate and election order, voted Yes; item 251120_RG_006, rate reduction after the election, voted Yes; items 251023_RG_009 and 260521_RG_016, convention center bonds, voted Yes
• KUTProp Q failed, election results explained
• BallotpediaAustin Proposition Q, November 2025
• KXANAfter standing alone against Prop Q
• Austin MonitorCouncil approves convention center expansion contracts
• Spectrum NewsPetition to block the convention center expansion

Neighborhoods, rezoning and his own development

• Austin Free PressDeveloper rezoning requests: 1 of 238 rejected
• Community ImpactCouncil OKs HOME Phase 1
• The Austin IndependentResearch on Council Member Ryan Alter, the developer
• The Austin BulldogRyan Alter statement of financial information, 2025
• The Austin BulldogRyan Alter affidavit and abstention from voting, 2025
• The Austin BulldogAlter and Qadri stashing cash for 2026 reelection campaigns