The governor says he'll work to keep Hasbro from relocating its headquarters out of state after more than a century in Rhode Island.

The toy giant has been touring space in the city’s downtown, considering leasing more than 200,000 square feet.

Ever since Jack Connors, the beloved Boston advertising mogul who became one of the city’s largest philanthropists, died in July, I’ve been conducting a thought experiment with some of Rhode Island’s most influential leaders.

Toy and game maker Hasbro is looking at moving its headquarters from Rhode Island to downtown Boston, according to a new report.

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.