Ionic 2 latest update causing problems w/ <button ion-list> and <a ion-list>

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
1

really weird situation here

I am attempting to navpush to a page within my app, and if the new page has a button or link in its list, then I can’t navigate to it EX:

A page containing

       <ion-list>
            <ion-item>Quilt</ion-item>
            <ion-item>Fabric</ion-item>
            <ion-item>Random Stuff</ion-item>
        </ion-list>

will work just fine, but if I change that to

       <ion-list>
            <**a** ion-item>Quilt</ion-item>
            <ion-item>Fabric</ion-item>
            <ion-item>Random Stuff</ion-item>
        </ion-list>

the page will refuse to load. Any ideas?