SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The longest-serving member of the Utah Legislature has been ousted, months after sponsoring a controversial tax-overhaul bill. Republican Sen. Lyle Hillyard of Logan conceded the race to the Deseret News on Wednesday. He had held the seat for nearly 40 years. His opponent, Republican businessman Chris Wilson, said he will help grow the economy and get people back to work after the coronavirus pandemic. Hillyard’s tax-overhaul bill was meant shore up a shrinking sales-tax base, but included increases on food and gas that proved so unpopular that the Legislature was forced to repeal it under threat of a referendum in January.