Dan McKee met with the CEO of Hasbro on Thursday. This comes after the toy-making company confirmed its search for a new headquarters location in a statement earlier this week. City and state officials said they will work to keep Hasbro in the state of Rhode Island after the news came out.

We have an update on the possibility of Hasbro moving its headquarters out of Pawtucket, both Governor Dan McKee and house speaker Joe Shekarchi have now met with the toy and entertainment company's CEO.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — The toy company Hasbro might move its headquarters from Rhode Island to Boston. This is according to a report from the Boston Business Journal. According to the report, Hasbro officials have recently toured multiple downtown Boston office buildings for potential relocation.

Hasbro – named for the two brothers, Henry and Helal Hassenfeld, who launched the company in Providence as a maker of pencil boxes in 1923 – dates to the time when Rhode Island’s capital city was an industrial powerhouse.

In spite of red flags, local leaders were not aware the toy maker was considering relocating. “What will this mean for Pawtucket? More empty buildings?” asked the CEO of United Way of Rhode Island. “We cannot have that.