TerrePorter said:

I would double check the db settings one more time, just because.

Then I would make a test route and see if the db connection works.

if ( DB::connection()->getDatabaseName() )  {
 dd("success");
}

If it fails, then perhaps creating the db connection in the route would be the next test.

Did you add any new tables perhaps the db import didn't work.

All i can think of currently.

Thank you, that was a great idea. I took that a step further and queried the table in question at the same time in order to see data displayed.

On the app, data is still not showing, but at least now I know it's not the DB connection, so obviously I have a reference or dependency discrepancy in the view somewhere. Thanks again!