Austin extends stay-at-home order until Aug. 15

Stay-at-home will remain in effect in Austin for the next two months. Austin and Travis County have extended their respective orders to fight the coronavirus until Aug. 15, a move that may not bode well for businesses eager to welcome customers back this summer. Higher rates of hospitalizations from the virus in the Austin area have concerned officials, prompting renewed pleas for residents to practice social distancing and to follow hygienic guidelines so a second, possibly worse, wave of the…