Given my config pass muster, I started looking into other things. I found that HP put out a new BIOS update in mid-July which I applied. Lo and behold, wired and wireless networking works 100% now. I removed all the crap I added for the BCM94352Z as the guide here included everything needed. Oops.
Now I'm working toward getting the laptop to sleep when the lid is closed. I'm still researching a solution, but basically what I've been seeing is that upon close of the lid (and waiting multiple minutes) it will not sleep. When I open the lid the screen is black until I increase brightness and everything appears normal. Another thing that happens shortly after the lid is closed is I get a repeating alert sound (like when you hold down an invalid key). When I click Apple->Sleep it sleeps and wakes properly.
If there are any suggestions, I'm all ears.
Code:
2017-08-04 20:52:26 -0500
Assertion status system-wide:
BackgroundTask 0
ApplePushServiceTask 0
UserIsActive 1
PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0
PreventSystemSleep 0
ExternalMedia 0
PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0
NetworkClientActive 0
Listed by owning process:
pid 102(hidd): [0x00000030000980f0] 01:12:30 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294968123.17"
Timeout will fire in 898 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
No kernel assertions.
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler